BALLARAT: Wilbur the 300kg pet pig of Rokewood has finally passed on to Piggy Paradise.

BURNIE: Devondale Murray Goulburn will invest $14 million to create new packaging capability at the company's Edith Creek manufacturing site.

BURNIE: RSPCA Devonport animal care attendant Kate Stewart with seven-month-old siblings Barry and Bliss. Black cats are often the last to be adopted. Picture Katrina Docking.

CANOWINDRA: Like a postcard from a bygone era, hundreds of FB-EK Holdens lined Gaskill Street on the weekend as part of the 25th FB EK Holden Nationals in Cowra, NSW.

DAYLESFORD: The Spa Quilters of Daylesford held their bi-annual Quilt Show at the Daylesford Primary School.

MARGARET RIVER: Dead Letter Circus performed at the Settlers Tavern in Margaret River on Friday night, and their bass player Stu made a point of getting to know the crowd. Photo Sandy PowellAugusta-Margaret River Mail.

DUBBO: Seven-year-old Layla-Maria Grubb travelled eight hours to dance for the first time in the Dubbo Eisteddfod.

EDEN: A Boco Rock Wind Farm blade is discharged from the Clipper Helvetia and lowered onto a truck by Eden’s AMS stevedores at the Port of Eden multipurpose wharf on Tuesday.

GOULBURN: Taralga Art Show.

MARGARET RIVER: Head chef of Margaret River's renowned Morries Anytime restaurant Rosie Griffiths was recently placed second in the 2014 Rare Medium Chef of the Year competition in Sydney. Photo Sandy PowellAugusta-Margaret

LAUNCESTON: Crusty Demons' Seth Enslow has gone from canvas to artist and is guest tattoo artist in residence this week at Tattoo Studio Mowbray. Photo by Scott Gelston

MANDURAH: Mandurah Community Gardens committee member Jan Rowe with a new scarecrow. Photo Mandurah Mail

NEWCASTLE: An 86-year-old grandmother and her ageing blue heeler were rescued from a burning house in Gorokan on Wednesday by her courageous neighbours, including Mathew Thompson who heard her calls for help. Newcastle
Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

NEWCASTLE: Artists Trevor Dickinson, left, and Michael Bell in the Merewether tunnel, which is being transformed into an aquarium filled with sea life. Picture Peter Stoop

PORT MACQUARIE Curtis Landers has been hailed the miracle boy after being transferred to the Westmead Children's Hospital to begin physical rehabilitation. Curtis broke his neck after a tackle in a game against the Port City Breakers in Port Macquarie on May 24.

TAMWORTH: The Tamworth High School Auditorium was transformed on Wednesday night with a flurry of streamers and bunches of bright balloons as part of a fundraiser for the Tamworth Women’s and Children’s Refuge.

ULLADULLA: Michael Cole and Leah Flowers of Fishermans Paradise beside their car as they take a break in the Shitbox Rally from Perth to Darwin.

WARNAMBOOL: A crowd-funding campaign is under way to return an iconic mural by Robert Ulmann to its former glory. Picture ROB GUNSTONE

WOLLONGONG: Matisse Mountney of Kembla Grange practicing outside the Wesley Church before competing in the 6 years and under Strings Solo section in the Wollongong Eisteddfod. Picture SYLVIA LIBER